Kanji N1

挙: raise, plan, project

挙 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning raise, plan, project, written with 10 strokes. It is read キョ (on) and あげる, あがる, こぞる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 選挙 (せんきょ, election) and 挙げる (あげる, to give).

挙

Meanings

  • raise
  • plan
  • project
  • behavior
  • actions
Strokes10
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#257 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キョ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • あげる
  • あがる
  • こぞる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 挙

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 選挙せんきょ

    election

    JLPT N1
  • 挙げるあげる

    to give (an example); to list; to enumerate

    JLPT N2
  • 一挙にいっきょに

    at a stroke; with a single swoop

    JLPT N1
  • 総選挙そうせんきょ

    general election (of the lower house)

  • 選挙戦せんきょせん

    election campaign

  • 快挙かいきょ

    brilliant achievement; spectacular feat

  • 検挙けんきょ

    arrest; roundup

  • 小選挙区しょうせんきょく

    small electoral district

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.